Chicago Bears kick return star Devin Hester is back in training camp, but there's no word on whether he's signed a new contract. Hester skipped the Bears' first practices this week in a holdout. Bears spokesman Scott Hagel confirms Hester is in camp, but says he doesn't know if the two-time Pro-Bowler will practice or if he's signed a contract.

Following a recent training camp practice, the lighting where Cedric Benson sat inside a student lounge at Olivet Nazarene University was low. It couldn't hide that his spirits are high, and neither did it conceal a visible sense of sereneness. For the third-year running back, things couldn't be better.